Window shade and curtain hanger



March 20, 1928.

I 1,663,090 W. W. MULLENDORE I i WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 14. 1926- March 20, 1928.

W. MULLENDORE WINDOW SHADHAND CURTAIN HANGER 2 Sheets-$heet 2 Filed June 14. 1926 moemfoz Patented Mar. 20, 1928 are ear WILLIAM 17V. MULLENDORE,

or KNOXVILLE, 'rnnnnssnn.

WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

Application filed. June 14, 1926. Serial No. 115,909.

This invention relates to window shade and curtain hangers and aims to provide a novel hanger of this character which may be readily and easily secured to a window frame, eliminating the necessity of using screws, nails or the like, to secure the hanger, thereby avoiding marring the window frame.

Another object of the inventlon is to provide a hanger which may be adjusted for use in connection with window frames of various widths, novel means being provided for securing the hanger in position by its contact with the outer side edges of the window frame.

A still further object of the'invention is to provide an adjustable curtain hanger having means to permit it to be readily snapped onto the main or body portion of the hanger.

lVith the foregoing and other ob e cts in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the comb1- nation and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of themvention herein disclosed, may be made w1th in the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan View of a combmed curtain and shade hanger.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view thereof. 1

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 1 is a rear elevational view of the device.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is an end elevational view of the hanger.

Figure 7 is a perspective view illustrating the supporting members at the ends of the hanger.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the device includes a main supporting section indicated generally by the reference character 5 formed preferably of sheet metal, the side edges thereof being bent inwardly as at 6 to provide a guideway for the movable section 7, which is also formed of a length of sheet metal, the side edges thereof being bent inwardly to underlie the inturned side edges of the main supporting section 6.

At one end of the main supporting section 6, is an end section 8 that is secured to the section 6 by means of the rivets 9, the inner end of the section 8 acting as a stop against which the inner end of the section 7 abuts, to restrict the inward movement of the. section 7 Mounted within the sections 7 and 8 and secured in position by bending the outer portions of the flanges or inturned side edges of the members 7 and 8, downwardly, are securing members 9 and 10 respectively, each of which embodies a rod bent intermediate its ends to provide parallel leg portions 11, the free ends thereof being bent rearwardly and sharpened to provide spurs 12 designed to embed themselves in the outer side edges of the window frame'to which the device is to be secured.

The reference character 13 indicates a colled spring that has its ends secured to the members 9 and 10'as clearly shown by Figure 4 of the drawings so that the spring will normally urge the members 9 and 10 towards each other to force the spurs 12 into the frame of the window.

The curtain support includes telescoping sections 1e and 15, each of which has inwardly extended portions 16, and overlying v flanges 18 which signed securing members 19 which also include rods bent intermediate their. ends and formed with book members 20 at their ends to be hooked over the leg portions 11 of the securing members 9 and 10, the members 19 being however bent to provide right angled portions 21 so that the curtain support will be overlying flanges are deto be bent downwardly against the held in spaced relation with the mainsupporting member.

As shown by Figure 6 of the drawings one of the hook members 20 is shorter than the other hook member, to the end that the long hook member may be positioned over the leg members of the securing member, and the opposite hook member snapped into position.

Thus it will be seen that due to this construction, the curtain hanger may be adjusted laterally when the main supporting member has been adjusted for a predetermined window frame construction,

Shade brackets indicated at 22 are formed by bending a length of resilient metal intermediate its ends to provide openings 23 for the pintle of a window shade one, end of the bracket being substantially iong to provide a finger 24 extended below the main supv iporting section so that by pressing the nger inwardly or towards the curtain support the shade brackets may be readily released. 7

Thus it Will be seen that by pulling the sections of the main supporting member apart and positioningthe same adjacentto a Window frame, the spurs of the securing members will be drawn into the edges of the window frame by the spring 13 to secure the device in position.

I claim: I v I An end member for combined window shade and curtain hangers embodying a the parallel leg members, an auxiliary sectioninl'uding ale'n gth-of Wire bent intermec liate'itsends and defining leg members, thlast mentioned" leg members having right angled portions terminating in inwardly extended hookstd grip the leg members of the main section, and supporting members to which the leg; members are secured.

Intestimonythat I claim the foregoing as y izl h eh if t a xed my 'n WILLIAM W. MULLENDORE. 

